Name: _______________

Explorers Unit TestMultiple Choice Section

Directions: Select the best answer choice.

1. What was “The Age of Exploration”?

a. Early 15th to 17th century when European sailors explored many parts of the world, especially North America.

b. Early 14th to 16th century when Italian sailors explored many parts of the world especially North America and India.

c. Early 15th to 17th century when European sailors explored many parts of the world, especially India.

2. Explorers were in search for:

a. slaves, grain, and gemsb. gold, silver, and spicesc. new lands they could control

3. Europeans couldn’t travel across land because the ______________ would attack them. a. European Empireb. Spanish c. Germansd. Ottoman Empire

4. ____________ were the first to explore the western coast of Africa and looked for a route around Africa to Asia a. Spanishb. Europeanc. Portuguese d. Mongolian

5. The cause of exploration:a. People want productsb. People wanted rare animal skinsc. People wanted to escape their boring livesd. People wanted to conquer natives

6. The two main players in early exploration were:a. Mexico and Americab. Portugal and Spain c. England and Scotlandd. Africa and Asia

7. The _________________ is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. a. Old Salemb. Cape of Good Hope c. Shelter Island d. Cape of good Faith

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Name: _______________

Explorers Unit Test

Matching Section

Directions: Match the definition with the best answer choice. Put the letter of the best answer choice in the blank. You will only use each word once.

1. ______ A person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission 2. ______ A word of Spanish origin similar to navy or fleet 3. ______ A time when all civilizations can be in contact with others around the world. 4. ______ To go around a place, such as an island, a continent, or the earth, is to travel

all the way around it by boat.5. ______ A person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information6. ______ A device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle or group

of needles turning freely on a pivot and pointing to the magnetic north. 7. ______ A compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial

bodies 8. ______ The goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicles9. ______ One of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru who took part in the

conquest of large parts of the Americas and Asia, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries.

Word Bank for Matching Section

a. cargo b. armada c. explorer d. missionaries e. global agef.compass g. astrolabe h. circumnavigate i. conquistador

Name that Famous Person Section

Directions: match the person with their description; put the letter of the best answer choice in the blank. You will only use each person once.

1. _____ Italian man; looked west for route to Asia; was given money by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from Spain; discovered land in 1492, but it wasn’t Asia.

2. ______ Sailed an expedition of 1519–1522 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean (then named "peaceful sea")

3. ______ Son of Portuguese King; dazzled by dreams of ocean exploration and East Asia; established a navigation school

4. ______ First to land on the mainland of North America; looking for “fountain of youth;” sailed for Spain; established St. Augustine, Florida

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Name: _______________

Explorers Unit Test5. ______ First to sail around Africa to India (27,000 miles); obtained valuable goods from

India 6. ______ Looking for fabled seven cities of gold; explored present-day Arizona and New

Mexico 7. ______ Explored Mexico; Conquered Aztec civilization; Spanish Conquistador;

Conquered Aztec emperor Montezuma; found gold Claimed Mexico for Spain (1519-1521)“Discovered” Tenochtitlan

8. ______ Spanish Explorer; claimed Pacific Ocean and adjoining lands for Spain; first to cross the Isthmus of Panama

9. ______Conquered the Incan Empire; sailed for Spain10. ______ America was named after him; recruited by Spain

Word Bank for Name that Person Section

a. Christopher Columbus b. Hernando Cortes c. Amerigo Vespuccid. Ferdinand Magellan e. Prince Henry f. Balboa g. Vasco De Gama

h. Ponce De Leon i. Pizarro j. Coronado

Map Section

Directions: Locate Europe on this map of the world; circle it, and label it

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